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= The Federation requires a status report. =

Choose a Team reporter to place your team responses here.

=Mini-Mission 1: Advocating and Implementing Project Based Learning= ** "Projects are great but most are the same, but do PBL and you make a claim to fame!" **
 * Reflect on what you have learned about the structure, components, and rationale for project based learning and complete this mission:**
 * 1) Provide a rational for why PBL will be more successful methodology than conventional means of lecture and large class discussion. //The PBL provides motivation, meaningful connections, provides for DI, creativity, ownership their learning//
 * 2) Provide possible PBL projects for each of the subjects taught: **math** //The students map their school campus using GIS tools, trigonometry, scale, and geometry. They use their data to ensure that their campus is ADA friendly.//, **Social studies** //Students could follow a division of the Army or Marines with a connection that they talk to via Skype. The students would map their locations with tools like Google earth and add their research about the local history, geography and political climate.// **Science** //CO2 Emissions and the transportation types that are used in the community. They will take their statistics and present them to the local government in an effort to help their community go green.// and **Antiquan language arts.** //The students will partner with multiple authors to work in a mentorship role to model various writing styles. The students will use their writing style to provide a short story that explains the writing process.//
 * Provide either a short jingle to help the Antiquans remember project based learning or an illustration that would help the Antiquans remember project based learning.

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=Mini-Mission 2: Wisdom of the Crowd: Next Steps= After analyzing and synthesizing the ideas on your chart, work together as a team to wordsmith 5-10 measurable next steps around implementation of your category Professional Development:

-Administrative Technology training through use of admin boot camps, professional development and conference attendance. -More technology specific in-service days -Online PD and act 48 credit for PD -Technology professional learning communities Back to Crystal A Room
 * Model Lessons from 'master' teacher
 * Professional development day to plan collaboration and followup
 * Use Faculty meetings & department meetings to develop collaboration opportunities & share best practices
 * 'Train the teacher' model
 * Provide 'canned' presentations to spread topics to avoid re-inventing the wheel

=Mini-Mission 3: Know Your Support Systems - Full Speed Ahead= The results of the survey are here. We suggest that you save a copy of this spreadsheet so that you can sort it as you wish to be able to analyze the responses. (Team, Room, IU, etc)

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=Mini-Mission 4: Model Lessons and Galactic "Monsters"=


 * Reflection on Model Lessons:** Use the Discussion tab to respond.

Discuss these prompts with your teammates
 * Battling the Galactic "Monster" Discussions**
 * What strategies you have used to overcome the "monsters"? Our group agrees that killing them with kindness is one method in pleasing the monsters. If the monster is a teacher, they are pleased when they walk away with a technique that they can use the next day in class. Providing immediatly usable methodologies will help to make friends with that monster as well as any other monsters in their clan. If the monster is an administrator, it is helpful to show them exactly how this will benefit the students and how it will save district resources. This type of monster is also pleased by the coach/teacher giving them solid plans as to how to incorporate technology, save money, use resources. When overcoming monsters, it is helpful to have other teachers state the importance of the coaches to the monsters. If there are others fighting the monsters, they will often stop fighting and maybe captured and brought to the bright side.
 * Who are some of the key people in the district who MUST be on your side in order to be successful? You have to have the support of differening levels of administration, the technology director and/or those that work for that person, but the most important people to be on your side is the teaching faculty.
 * As you share your strategies, consider using some for your Individual Mission

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=Mini-Mission 5: Presentation to the Federation= After you have reflected (and revised?) your project, post it below. Either upload the file, embed the project, or post a link to your project. media type="custom" key="7500723"

//**Note**//: The Individual Instructional Coach Mission (IICM) should be uploaded to your specific IU page here. Please save your mission (document, podcast, movie, prezi, etc. ) with your name.

Post Final Team Mission Projects Here:
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